Oh my gosh they're adorable. That synchronized retract action is just delightful. Nice first post!posted by cortex at 3:48 PM on August 27 [4 favorites]

The Monterey Bay Aquarium has a small display of garden eels, and they're a joy to watch pop up and down - but you don't get to see their behavior/posture change in the faster current, so thanks for the post!posted by verschollen at 4:00 PM on August 27 [2 favorites]

The aquarium in Tokyo Skytree not only has a bed of garden eels, their gift shop possibly has the world's largest collection of garden-eel plush toys. So many cute eel plush toys.posted by Umami Dearest at 5:33 AM on August 28 [4 favorites]

There's something really surreal about diving near "fields" of these. You'll see them all waving off in the distance and they slowly start to pull back as you approach, until suddenly you broach some commonly understood minimum acceptable distance and they all retreat into their holes at once.posted by JaredSeth at 11:25 AM on August 28 [1 favorite]

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